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Tag Archives: Poetry
Dark Voices
Darkness abounds for a lot of returning Veterans. The sad, sad truth is that more Veterans have died from self infliction than on the battle fields since 9/11. Think on that, please. I don’t care about your politics really. If … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Conflict, Crippling, Dark, Death Before Dishonor, Internal, Light, Peace, Photograph, Poems, Poetry, War
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The Key
The Key by Michael Romani Inside you is an energy Some call it the chi This is the calling card and key To open up eyes to see Or close the spiritual door Before it has a chance to restore … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Chi, Confession, Door, Key, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Right Stuff, Sight, Test
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We, In This Post-Modern World
We, In This Post Modern World by Michael Romani Immersing ourselves in destruction We swim with unflinching gaze Indiscriminate in our ill defined function We act to demystify our unsettled days Penetrating the surface of reality No longer collaborating with … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Creative, Dysfunction, Harnessed, Ill Defined, Imaginary, Meaning, Modernity, Moral, Nightmare, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Post Modern, Real, Surreal, Urge
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Humble Yourself
Based on a sermon based on James 4:10 Humble Yourself by Michael Romani There’s a trick to humility You gotta do it quietly It’s not a thinking thing It’s about what you bring Just doing what is needed Keeping to … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Action, Book of James, Christianity, Humility, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Servant, Service
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Honk
With a honk, I hear the geese As they fly off in their release The cool winter breezes Gives me a sight that pleases As I watch them in flight Seeking their rest for the night It’s a familiar sort … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged Daily Prompt, Flight, Geese, Guest, Honk, Nature, Nest, Pest, Photograph, Poetry, Winter, Wordpress
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Offense In the Name of the Lord
Offense In the Name of the Lord by Michael Romani Preacher man keeps on saying That he’s here for truth not playing Truth is what it is what it is To tell anything less would be amiss He’s been that … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Boldness, Christianity, Deliverance, Grace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Sermon, Truth, Worship
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: One’s Self I Sing and Other Poetry by Walt Whitman
American poet, essayist and journalist Walter “Walt” Whitman was born on May 31, 1819. He passed away on March 26, 1892. Often called the father of free verse, he was a humanist who marked the transition between and incorporated both … Continue reading
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Controversy, Free Verse, Harvard Classics, Leaves of Grass, One's Self I Sing, Poetry, Walt Whitman
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My Daughters’ American We
https://flic.kr/p/vCW1P4 My Daughters’ American We by Michael Romani Looking on the America of today With all of its conflicts in the way It reminds me of post Revolution life Ablaze with near anarchy and civil strife We of today should … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged America, American We, Culture, Daughters, Family, Father, Future, Generaion, Heritage, Liberty, Noble, Overcome, Patriotism, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Service, Troubles, Truth, Veneration
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: The Deserted Village and Other Poems – Oliver Goldsmith
Oliver Goldsmith was born November 10, 1728. Born on November 10, 1728, the Irish novelist, playwright and poet was renown for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield, his pastoral poem The Deserted Village and his plays The Good Natur’d Man and She Stoops to … Continue reading